thermometre
Syllables: ther·mo·me·tre/θəˈmɒmɪtə//θərˈmɑmədər/
thermometre is the alternative form of thermometer.
Meaning of thermometer
Noun
thermometer (plural thermometers)
- An apparatus used to measure temperature.
- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.1835, John Ross, James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pages 284–5
Forms of thermometre
| plural | thermometres |
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Words that rhyme with thermometre
Questions about thermometre
- What is thermometre the alternative form of?
- Thermometre is the alternative form of thermometer.
- How do you pronounce thermometre?
- Thermometre is pronounced /θəˈmɒmɪtə/ (UK).
Words near thermometre in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thermometre (page history and authors); thermometer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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